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Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Immunocompromised Woman, Italy.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Giombini Emanuela, Rueca Martina, Barberi Walter, Iori Anna Paola, Castilletti Concetta, Scognamiglio Paola, Vairo Francesco, Ippolito Giuseppe, Capobianchi Maria Rosaria, Valli Maria Beatrice
Abstract excerpt
In Italy in 2016, acute flaccid myelitis developed in a woman who had received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Enterovirus D68 viral genome was detected in respiratory and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and the viral protein 1 sequence clustered with lineage B3. Immunocompromised adults may be at risk for enterovirus D68-associated neurologic complications.
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